Comments on: Sixty Four years later : Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2007/08/07/sixty-four-years-later-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/ the intersection of work and play Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ste!!a http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2007/08/07/sixty-four-years-later-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/#comment-58 ste!!a Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:17:32 +0000 http://www.unpredictablethoughts.com/2007/08/07/untitled/#comment-58 This post and the man to the moon speech have an interesting alignment... Kennedy said in his speech on space exploration is essential to look back upon. We decide what do do with these technologies... nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. His statements about keeping space a place of peace and exploration made in the rush to claim space during the cold war serve as a lesson to us today. That race was one that involved intelligence, effort, and sacrifice to shape the events shaped by new technology [ I blogged on it in my post "never been to the moon… But don’t you want to go?" ] This post and the man to the moon speech have an interesting alignment… Kennedy said in his speech on space exploration is essential to look back upon. We decide what do do with these technologies… nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.

His statements about keeping space a place of peace and exploration made in the rush to claim space during the cold war serve as a lesson to us today. That race was one that involved intelligence, effort, and sacrifice to shape the events shaped by new technology

[ I blogged on it in my post “never been to the moon… But don’t you want to go?” ]

]]> By: ste!!a http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2007/08/07/sixty-four-years-later-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/#comment-57 ste!!a Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:55:19 +0000 http://www.unpredictablethoughts.com/2007/08/07/untitled/#comment-57 This is a frightening truth. I'm not sure it can be more clearly said. I feel as though the strides that we had made as a nation, painful strides, stepping back from the arms race have been washed away by the rip tides of those only interested in dominance. This is a frightening truth.

I’m not sure it can be more clearly said. I feel as though the strides that we had made as a nation, painful strides, stepping back from the arms race have been washed away by the rip tides of those only interested in dominance.

]]> By: Michael Nolan http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2007/08/07/sixty-four-years-later-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/#comment-56 Michael Nolan Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:08:47 +0000 http://www.unpredictablethoughts.com/2007/08/07/untitled/#comment-56 Thanks for the reminder, Stella. Here's what I think is the most salient part of the mayor's message: "Proliferation is gaining momentum, and the human family still faces the peril of extinction. This is because a handful of old-fashioned leaders, clinging to an early 20th century worldview in thrall to the rule of brute strength, are rejecting global democracy, turning their backs on the reality of the atomic bombings and the message of the hibakusha." Thanks for the reminder, Stella. Here’s what I think is the most salient part of the mayor’s message:

“Proliferation is gaining momentum, and the human family still faces the peril of extinction. This is because a handful of old-fashioned leaders, clinging to an early 20th century worldview in thrall to the rule of brute strength, are rejecting global democracy, turning their backs on the reality of the atomic bombings and the message of the hibakusha.”

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